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Wednesday, 20 January 2016

They say where there is a
will, there is always a way. The gateway for the women in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia to the outside world has now officially been open. Over the years, here
has been an increasing demand of women who wish to travel out of the Kingdom
with the will to fully learn and grasp the English language. We all know, that
in this era of vast development and communication English is a common language
that is learnt and used to communicate with people from any country in the
world. You’ll often find expats in the Kingdom not speaking Arabic or their
home language, but instead English no matter if it isn’t the proper one.

Over the years, there has
been an outgrowing demand from the women of the Kingdom who wish to travel a
lot of miles just to learn English in European and Asian countries. They know
that the Kingdom will not be able to teach them the English language as
fluently and properly as their strongholds will. Since then many travel and
tourism agencies have started providing packages that will help to cope up with
the increasing demand making sure that they do not violate any laws set forth
by the Ministry of Higher Education. It has been reported by quite a few
agencies that women prefer to travel either with groups of friends or relatives.
Once they enter the other state, they wish to reside with families who do not
have sons.

Women in the Kingdom are
not profoundly allowed to carry out on any decision on their own until or
unless their male guardian approves. Similarly, they are not allowed to even
travel alone out of the Kingdom unless their Iqama has an approval from their
male guardian. The sales manager at a travel agency said that there is a demand
from the secondary and university female students which is now being filled by
the opportunity provided by the travel agencies. This gap occurs because of a
language barrier which can now be filled. According to the manager, there are
many Saudi families who spend their vacations abroad and during this time they
try to avail all opportunities to educate their child.

There are now a certain
number of travel packages that have been arranged which shall meet the demands
of the students which seek to travel to European countries. Since the demand
has been calculated, travel agencies have been contacting specialized
institutions abroad to drive out a plan that could produce cheap travel
expenses. Now travel agencies are in a competition and wish to avail the
opportunity of providing cheap packages overall.

The cost of a single
student in a group is still around SR 15,000 which can vary depending upon the
needs and requirements of the student. The Ministry has warned students to be
careful of offices abroad that claim they can obtain university acceptance for
their clients. He advised them to stay in direct contact with the university
they wish to seek admission in.